MNHQ group 1

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Many thanks for agreeing to take part in this closed discussion thread. As you'll know, you all have an individual user name, separate to your on-site profile. So please feel free to be as open and frank as you like, without your views being read-across to your site profile.

The aim of these discussions is to discover if, how and why women's voting intentions are shifting and what you think about each of the party leaders.

We'll ask a few questions, allow you to think them over, respond, engage in a bit of discussion with other participants, and then we will pop back on the thread. We might want to tease out the reasons behind particular views or opinions and then will crack on with the next set of questions (on Thursday) and one more set over the weekend. Do feel free to re visit the thread at any point over the next week or so. We'll email you when we add a new set of questions.

Here are the questions to get you started

Thinking about when you decide which party to vote for, how important is the leader of the party in that decision?

Why?

What do you look for in a party leader? What makes a good party leader and what makes a bad one? What makes a good prime minister and what makes a bad one?

Thinking about the party you voted for at the 2010 General Election and the party you would vote for now, has it changed?

Why?
Why not?

Feel free to include any thoughts you might have - they don't have to be the conventional, just true to how you feel!

really sorry about doingthese last ones late I was without internet while away where i thought i would have wifi

How well or badly do you think the party leaders could manage your household finances effectively?

First of all David Cameron? I think he would manage our finances relatiively similarto ourselves
And then Nick Clegg? I think he does seem like he could live to a budget - I'm not the best at it but i think NC would not do too badly, there are a few aspects where i feel he would be frivolous and where i think as well that he would think that i and my DP are frivolous
And then Ed Miliband? I think that EM would manage them but not allow for any unexpected expenditure, we have a budget each month but we also budget for a certain amount to just spend if we so chose. i think he would not allow for that
What about another party leader you know of (or one you think should/ could be a party leader) - please name them and then say: how well or badly do they do on this aspect?

Imagine the party leaders had to live on your family budget, which do you think would cope best/worst? Why? What problems would they encounter?

First of all David Cameron? I think he would stick to our budget but not get as much out of it as we do, he seems to like the nice things in life wheras we tend to get the most good quality things for as little money as we can and an awful lot of whoopsies
And then Nick Clegg? i think NC wouldn't be too bad, i don't think he would end up with much meat, he looks like an organic/wholefoods person but there would be a lot of homecooked from scratch meals.
And then Ed Miliband? I think that he would stick to it like i said before but i thinkit would leave a lot to the imagination i imagine the food he cooks to be very bland and uninspiring, i'm really not sure why though :/
What about another party leader you know of (or one you think should/ could be a party leader) - please name them and then say: how well or badly do they do on this aspect